Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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Mr. Leitão da Silva did. I thank him for referring to that comorbidity issue and the complexity of people who in some cases are self-medicating and find themselves in drug use. It is very interesting that Mr. Leitão da Silva said that while the police force recognises the challenges in decriminalisation, there does not seem to be much appetite for recriminalisation. In previous sessions, there has been some discussion that the next step for Mr. Leitão da Silva's region might be to look at the legalisation of some substances that are currently not legal and that would be the subject of his region's work where it is not prosecuting users but is prosecuting those that trade. Could he expand on that? Is he aware of the work being done on that issue?